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Must be a sucker for it,
Cry cry but I don't need my mother.
Just hold my hand while I come to a decision on it
Sooner or later
Your legs give way, you hit the ground
Save it for later
Don't run away and let me down
Sooner or later
You hit the deck, you get found out
Save it for later
Don't run away and let me down
You let me down
Black air and seven seas are rotten through
But what can you do?
I don't know how I'm meant to act with all of you lot
Sometimes I don't try,
I just now now now now now now now now now now now
Now now now now now now now now now now now!
Sooner or later
Your legs give way, you hit the ground
Save it for later
Don't run away and let me down.
Sooner or later
You hit the deck, you get found out.
Save it for later
Don't run away and let me down.
You let me down
You runaway and let me down.
Two dozen other stupid reasons
Why we should suffer for this.
Don't bother trying to explain them
Just hold my hand while I come to a decision on it
Sooner or later
Your legs give way, you hit the ground.
Save it for later
Don't run away and let me down.
Sooner or later
You hit the deck, you get found out.
Save it for later
Don't run away and let me down
You let me down
You run away run away
Runaway runaway runaway and let me down.
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1982 -- I was so there....
Thanks RP!
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There's a funny story behind Townshend's interest in this song - from an interview with Dave Wakeling:
"...I got a phone call at 11 in the morning, and somebody gave me the phone and said, “It’s Pete Townshend for you.” And I said, “Of course it is, he phones about this time every Saturday doesn’t he?” [Laughs.] I thought it was somebody making a joke. I picked up very sarcastically, “Oh, hello Pete.” And he said, “Oh, hello Dave, this is Peter Townshend here and I’m sitting with David Gilmour, and we’re trying to work out your song ‘Save It For Later,’ but we can’t work out the tuning.” They presumed it was DADGAD as well, and couldn’t make it work, and so I had to explain that I’d made a mistake and it was not DADGAD, it was DADAAD. And he laughed and said, “Oh, thank heavens for that! We’ve been breaking our fingers trying to get our hands around these chords.”
how cool is that? going to hunt down the townshend version for sure. love this song.
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Just f'ing outstanding. Pop perfection.
Pop?? Not Pop, SKA
Dig it! Dancing my way now to the kitchen for another drink!
Chair dancing while my morning coffee kicks in!!
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Have you ever heard a Birmingham (brummy) accent? It does not sound like how the 'beat sings. It is the worst English accent you have heard.
I was born a brummy. So was Guy Garvey (Elbow guy)
Thick, yeah (from a non-Brit, sorry, but grew up in Canada hearing them all)
I heard the beginning of Something New by the Airborne Toxic Event thinking it was almost like The Beat's Sooner or Later... and there it is :D
This video of the English Beat at the US Festival in 1982 is a snapshot of a time we’ll never see again. Thousands of people, all in the moment. No phones, no social media, no need to share anything except with the people immediately around you, just rockin’ out and enjoying the scene. A magical time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpjs95jD2rU
What a difference an A makes ...
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There's a funny story behind Townshend's interest in this song - from an interview with Dave Wakeling:
"...I got a phone call at 11 in the morning, and somebody gave me the phone and said, “It’s Pete Townshend for you.” And I said, “Of course it is, he phones about this time every Saturday doesn’t he?” [Laughs.] I thought it was somebody making a joke. I picked up very sarcastically, “Oh, hello Pete.” And he said, “Oh, hello Dave, this is Peter Townshend here and I’m sitting with David Gilmour, and we’re trying to work out your song ‘Save It For Later,’ but we can’t work out the tuning.” They presumed it was DADGAD as well, and couldn’t make it work, and so I had to explain that I’d made a mistake and it was not DADGAD, it was DADAAD. And he laughed and said, “Oh, thank heavens for that! We’ve been breaking our fingers trying to get our hands around these chords.”
What a difference an A makes ...
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BillG- try the Pete Townsend (1985 or 6) version for variety
If you haven't heard the story of Townshend (with David Gilmore) phoning Wakeling to ask about the chords to this song do yourself a favour and find it.
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I was born a brummy. So was Guy Garvey (Elbow guy)
What a cracking good song!
Couldn't have said it better!
Almost? OK Grinch
I just gave this a 9!
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Don't click on any posts from this Rockit9. They are all spam/clickbait and have nothing to do with the playing song
Or I'll take back the city for me....
My rating: 8 - Most Excellent
3/26/2019
There's a funny story behind Townshend's interest in this song - from an interview with Dave Wakeling:
"...I got a phone call at 11 in the morning, and somebody gave me the phone and said, “It’s Pete Townshend for you.” And I said, “Of course it is, he phones about this time every Saturday doesn’t he?” [Laughs.] I thought it was somebody making a joke. I picked up very sarcastically, “Oh, hello Pete.” And he said, “Oh, hello Dave, this is Peter Townshend here and I’m sitting with David Gilmour, and we’re trying to work out your song ‘Save It For Later,’ but we can’t work out the tuning.” They presumed it was DADGAD as well, and couldn’t make it work, and so I had to explain that I’d made a mistake and it was not DADGAD, it was DADAAD. And he laughed and said, “Oh, thank heavens for that! We’ve been breaking our fingers trying to get our hands around these chords.”
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ0zMDJKkbg
very cool. thanks
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Everybody in my hotel room loves this orgasmic song that celebrates the joys of delayed gratification... this song is soooo good for the ears and everywhere else... we be dancing like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners... hope life is grand for you right this minute, S-curvy... love Radio Paradise...
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You've got that exactly right.
Oh Crap you saw me?
Oh well
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There's an awesome version of The English Beat's take on "Tears of a Clown" sitting in RP's library which hasn't been trotted out since right after the IRAQ WAR ENDED. Your dancing Emojis would LOVE IT if we ever get to hear it again...
Yes! More English Beat!
treatment_bound wrote:
There's an awesome version of The English Beat's take on "Tears of a Clown" sitting in RP's library which hasn't been trotted out since right after the IRAQ WAR ENDED. Your dancing Emojis would LOVE IT if we ever get to hear it again...
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There's an awesome version of The English Beat's take on "Tears of a Clown" sitting in RP's library which hasn't been trotted out since right after the IRAQ WAR ENDED. Your dancing Emojis would LOVE IT if we ever get to hear it again...
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sunybuny wrote:
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and over.................
and over.
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Great song, great band.
I was definitely thinking XTC too.
This tune used to play back to back in the clubs with XTC's Making Plans for Nigel
Love them both
Dude! I so know that road! What about the one off the 101 up to Oak View and then up to Ojai? I loved driving that one many a time, getting out into the sticks, wandering all the way up to the Punchbowl (you know where that is, out by Santa Paula, the loooooong way 'round......Thomas Aquinas College?) Ahhhhhh.......good times, indeed!
Cool... was just out at the punchbowl last summer... fun hike... good times..
Pun intended?
Dude! I so know that road! What about the one off the 101 up to Oak View and then up to Ojai? I loved driving that one many a time, getting out into the sticks, wandering all the way up to the Punchbowl (you know where that is, out by Santa Paula, the loooooong way 'round......Thomas Aquinas College?) Ahhhhhh.......good times, indeed!
My old stompin' grounds growing up.
Them were the days...
Dude! I so know that road! What about the one off the 101 up to Oak View and then up to Ojai? I loved driving that one many a time, getting out into the sticks, wandering all the way up to the Punchbowl (you know where that is, out by Santa Paula, the loooooong way 'round......Thomas Aquinas College?) Ahhhhhh.......good times, indeed!
I was definitely thinking XTC too.
Them were the days...
English Beat = sublime.
Special Beat Service!!
i was just thinking the same thing.
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Incidentally, I found a t-shirt that had the clash London Calling cover on it. . . subtly changed to Pension Calling and the guitar for a walking stick. I shall therefore be going as a Grandad Punk. . . wish me luck.
Same here!
We be buck ass naked and rocking and rolling, but we be saving it for later... love this orgasmic song... we be dancing...
Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches be dancing buck ass naked all over the world like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners... love this orgasmic song... love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...
whut de fuck ees wrong wid a gypsy muleskeener?
Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches be dancing buck ass naked all over the world like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners... love this orgasmic song... love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...
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